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Don’t Miss the Virtual Worlds Project Showcase!

Please join Dr. Jessica Clements and her Jan term students TODAY (Jan 28) to hear about their game studies research. Dr. Clements also promises “light refreshments” and a chance to vote for originality and creativity in the student presentations.

The format is an open house, so drop in when you can.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Writing in Virtual Worlds Game Studies Research Project Showcase

WHEN: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 1:30-3:00 p.m.

WHERE: WEYR 203

WHY: To learn and be entertained by our research into varying games studies issues: PTSD and Alzheimer’s cyber therapy, gaming addiction, the evolution of educational video games, role-playing and the gamification of the classroom, video games as/and art, direct vs. indirect storytelling in games and traditional narrative, music and emotion in gaming aspects, artificial intelligence, feminist perspectives on gaming communities, etc., etc.!